Gary Reback

Google’s Mission: To Digitize the World’s Books and Make Them Universally Monetizable by Google

John Paczkowski in News on November 16, 2009 at 12:40 pm PT

Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers have submitted a new version of their digital book settlement, and while it makes concessions to the Department of Justice and others who have raised concerns about how it may violate antitrust laws, the new proposal doesn’t seem to have appeased all of its opponents.

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Antitrust Lawyer Slams Google Book Pact

Jessica E. Vascellaro, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 8, 2009 at 3:23 pm PT

Silicon Valley antitrust lawyer Gary Reback made his case against the Google Books settlement Tuesday, arguing that the settlement is illegal but could be remedied if the Justice Department insists that Google license the books it scanned to competitors.

Internet Archive Announces Everybody-Against-Google Coalition

John Paczkowski in News on August 21, 2009 at 4:30 am PT

As the Google Book Search Settlement nears a Sept. 4 deadline for rights-holders to opt out of the deal, some powerful interests are rallying to oppose it. Rallied by the Internet Archive and veteran Silicon Valley antitrust lawyer Gary Reback, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo and others are forming a coalition called the Open Book Alliance. Its purpose: To make the case to an already concerned Justice Department that the $125 million settlement is anticompetitive.